China’s rise from supplier to competitor is the reason Washington has spent eight years raising tariffs and, more recently, restricting the technology China can buy. The uncomfortable record is that each restriction has told China what to build next, and China has either built it or made it a strategic priority. This article looks at how China got here and where it still falls short. It also examines what the United States is doing about it and what all of this means for a di

Deciding when and how to retire is one of the major transitions we help clients work through. Naturally, a large part of this decision comes down to the numbers, and one key question we help clients answer is, “Am I going to be okay?” While a financial plan can help show whether you can afford to stop working, it doesn’t always tell you whether you should.

Regret aversion is an emotional bias that makes people delay or avoid choices because they dread the feeling of being proven wrong. In everyday terms, it is the urge to stand still rather than risk responsibility for a mistake. In investing and personal finance, that stance can be as costly as a bad call, since inaction is in itself is a choice with consequences.